510 Mr. H. E. Dresser on the Russian 



Menzaleh. A large flock was seen daily at Gheit-el-Nassara 

 flying about round the fish-market. At present I cannot 

 perceive any difference between the birds of this species shot 

 here and British examples. 



PODICEPS CRISTATUS. 



Podiceps aistatus Shelley, p. 312. 



A single Great Crested Grebe was seen on Lake Menzaleh 

 during a trip to Matariah. 



Podiceps nioiucollis. 



Podiceps nigricollis Shelley, p. 313 ; Loat, Ibis^ 1906, 

 p. 124. 



A great many Black-necked Grebes were seen in Lake 

 Menzaleh as we approached Matariah, and two examples in 

 winter plumage, which had l)een caught near Matariah, were 

 brought home alive. This species appears to be a regular 

 winter visitor to Egypt. 



XXIL — On the JRussian Arctic E^cpedition p/ 1900-1903. 

 By H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



Although the Russian Arctic Expedition of 1900-1903, 

 undertaken under the leadership of the late Baron E. W. Toll, 

 was one of great interest, especially to ornithologists, 

 very little is known of the scientific results except in Russia, 

 as all the details have been published in Russian only 

 (Memoires de I'Acad. Imp. des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 

 viii. ser. vol. xviii. no. 2). I have, therefore, with the 

 assistance of Mr. J. A. Groes, a Russian gentleman now 

 living in England, made the following resume of the 

 ornithological portion of the report on the scientific results 

 of the expedition, which was written by Mr. A. A. Biaby- 

 nitski-Birulia, biologist to the expedition, whom I had the 

 pleasure of meeting when last in St. Petersburg. The 'Sarja,' 

 the vessel in which the expedition was undertaken, left in 

 July 1900, and the first halt was made in the Gulf where 

 the shore of the Western Taimyr turns sharply to the east 

 in 75° 52' N. lat. and 92° 59' E. long. Here tlie explorers 



